A good reminder that most Mads are extremely observant and possess incredible deductive skills. Especially in a dangerous situation. They only seem incoherent because you’re ten stops behind their train of thought.
Random thought re the business with Tip’s collar appearing and disappearing: are we seeing one story in consecutive time, or two stories in parallel time?
Of course, you only know it’s a bomb collar if you set it off. We are assuming our mysterious replacers can contrapt things and act that look like human beings but cannot fake something that looks like a locked bomb collar. This seems like quite a leap of faith, to me…
Nix: The guy in the sweater (do we have a name? can I call him Georgia?) can clearly detect the radio waves going in and out of the collar, so he knows it’s still communicating with someone.
The part I don’t get is why the swamp couldn’t have stolen a real activated collar by removing Tip’s head, and growing a fake Tip around the collar. I’m sure we’ll find out soon, though.
Well, the thirteenth to find out about the other twelve, but the first to led by someone *already* insane. Apparently the knitting ninja from group eight was sane when he went in or he didn’t lead the group.
And at the end he reminds him that he’s crazy, not saying it’s a bad thing but it seems familair.
It all makes sense.
And Presto! Exposition Hat. Or is that an Exposition Chapeau?
Yes.
This is Tip’s wardrobe. Chapeau.
Does this mean that when we saw Tip without a collar a couple of weeks ago, we were seeing a duplicate?
Unfortunately… maybe.
Numerous times already his collar was missing, but it was an art mistake and got fixed. Such art mistakes are somewhat common and inevitable.
I checked, the collar is still missing in those panels.
A good reminder that most Mads are extremely observant and possess incredible deductive skills. Especially in a dangerous situation. They only seem incoherent because you’re ten stops behind their train of thought.
If you’re lucky, the train of thought is long enough that you can run with it and grab the caboose before you’re left behind completely. ^_^
Random thought re the business with Tip’s collar appearing and disappearing: are we seeing one story in consecutive time, or two stories in parallel time?
Was exactly my doubt.
Maybe the times we saw Tip with no collar, is the whole team and only Tip replaced.. with the collar is the opposite~ XD
Doesn’t fit though, his collar disappears when he is surrounded by people.
Oh, that’s really clever! Props to whoever came up with that little twist
Double twist – they can’t have stolen a locked, armed bomb collar…
…but have they checked to make sure that it’s actually locked, armed, and a bomb? Who is to say this one isn’t just a fake that doesnt function?
We’ve seen plant monsters able to mimic human flesh, surely they could mimic the shell casing of a collar?
The Knitting Ninja’s line about the double’s putting on stolen clothes and gear seems to imply that the doubles don’t come with nonliving objects.
Of course, you only know it’s a bomb collar if you set it off. We are assuming our mysterious replacers can contrapt things and act that look like human beings but cannot fake something that looks like a locked bomb collar. This seems like quite a leap of faith, to me…
Nix: The guy in the sweater (do we have a name? can I call him Georgia?) can clearly detect the radio waves going in and out of the collar, so he knows it’s still communicating with someone.
The part I don’t get is why the swamp couldn’t have stolen a real activated collar by removing Tip’s head, and growing a fake Tip around the collar. I’m sure we’ll find out soon, though.
OK, I’ll bite! How would a locked, armed bomb collar serve to improve concentration? ^_^
Well, you’d be motivated.
“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” – Dr Johnson
I thought it was “Nothing concentrates the mind quite so wonderfully as a loaded gun to the head” by Oscar Wilde.
It’s a common sentiment.
Mark Twain had a version of it, too. Though I can’t locate the quote.
I thought Tip’s group were the first Mad Scientists sent in.
No proof he’s a scientist.
They’re the second team sent in to find out what drive the first team to screaming madness.
Well, the thirteenth to find out about the other twelve, but the first to led by someone *already* insane. Apparently the knitting ninja from group eight was sane when he went in or he didn’t lead the group.
Or Ira lied.
wait, he has a team?
Well, such as it is.
Tip’s hands look *really* weird in that last panel.
No thumbs…